Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Smokerbill]

The load of chips I got from the tree trimmers was from fir trees, some from trees in my own yard! They had to drive only 50 feet to dump their load.

To get them all I had to do was ask, so if you see a company trimming and chipping trees under the powerlines near your home it would be worth stopping and asking for them.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Peeled a apple sitting here with it munching my half.

 

[Hinotori]

I've prepped most everything in case we lose power from storm. Always best to be prepared

 

[ValerieJ]

Hmmm...not sure what to prep...we lose power so often that we just go with the flow. It always comes back on in 1 - 3 hours. But, if ever a real outage hits, we do have our rabbit hole.

 

[Hinotori]

Lots of booms but short and no heavy wind. Bit of a chance for t storms until midnight, but looks like it was a fizzle here

 

[rosemarythyme]

Most wood chips are cedar correct? Is this ok for the birds since I read everywhere that cedar gives them respiratory issues?

Cedar's fine, I wouldn't go 100% cedar and it does need to age out, but it's impossible to get wood chips around here without some cedar. My coop (well ventilated) and run litter is probably 30-40% cedar chips, and I've never had a bird with respiratory issues.

It's Eastern Red Cedar that's the very aromatic stuff that is used in hope chests and such. It's unlikely you'd get that in a locally sourced chip mix.

 

[ValerieJ]

Lots of booms but short and no heavy wind. Bit of a chance for t storms until midnight, but looks like it was a fizzle here

Not really a fizzle here. Storms are rolling in, but still not thunder yet.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We had quite a bit of thunder but now rain heavy.

 

[ValerieJ]

We either slept through the thunder or it never came to our neck of the woods. We did get lots of rain. No rain at the moment but it will come back they say.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Thank you for the ideas! I also was thinking maybe winter wrapping specific sides. I have garden beds and already compost so this is one of my main reasons that this sounds intriguing along with the idea of less cleaning and less odor if all goes well.

It was also recommended to me from a lady that worked at our local Tractor Supply to try the bedding pellets. She said she uses it in her run area. How thick of a layer do you think? I guess 6 inches total is about what I need to start it off. So the remaining would be the pine shavings I think. The stall dry, also new to me, seems to have Diatomacheous earth in it. I've read that would not be good for the microbes for composting which makes sense. I'm assuming they have some without it though also.

I have always wondered?????????
What if the chickens eat them?? do they swell up and plug their crop??